Measuring instrument.



No. 719,924. PATENTED FEB. 3, 1903.

B. WESTGOTT. I

MEASURING INSTRUMENT.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 27, 1901.

N0 MODEL.

HI M 1 u 1 I INVENTOR ATTO NEY.

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN F. WESTCOTT, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

MEASURING INSTRUMENT.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 719,924, dated February3, 1903.

' Application filed July 27, 1901. Serial No. 89,940- (No model.)

To 00% whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN F. Wnsrcorr, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Bah timore, in the State of Maryland, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Measuring Instruments; and I dohereby declare the following who a full,clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichitappertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in measuring instruments foraccurately determining the dimensions of persons desirous of havingtheir garments stylishly and accurately fitted; and some of the objectsof my improvements are, first, to provide a measuring instrument bymeans of which the true and natural configuration of the bust or body isascertained; second, to construct a measuring tool or instrument wherebyfrom the measurements of the person the usual and natural form of thebody of the person measured is definitely determined; third, to make ameasuring device for obtaining the definite dimensions of the body ofthe person desired to be fitted with clothing, so that the naturalattitude of the person is obtained; fourth, to produce a measuringinstrument for precisely indicating the dimension of the bodies ofpersons, so that the cutter or fitter can definitely deduce the naturaland accustomed carriage of the person to be fitted; fifth, to produce ameasuring instrument by means of which the measurements of bodies ofpersons are made and from which measurements the natural usualaccustomed style, carriage, figure, and attitude of the person measuredcan be accurately obtained; sixth, to afford persons measured to haveneatly-fitted waists and other garments afterward made for them;seventh, to facilitate persons traveling when once measured to obtainaccurately-fitting waists or other garments shipped to them at pointsdistant from that where measured; eighth, to avoid loss of time inrecutting and refitting garments and the consequent saving of money tothe employer and customer. I attain these objects by the constructionillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a viewin elevation, showing my improved measuring instrument, part in full andpart in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a partial front View of the figure of aperson being measured,the instrument being applied thereto, part of theinstrument shown in full lines and parts thereof shown in dotted lines;and Fig. 3 is a partial back view of the figure of a person beingmeasured, myinstrument applied, parts of which are shown in full linesand parts thereof in dotted lines.

Similar characters show like parts throughout the several views.

The letterArepresen ts the horizontal measuring-rod. The letters B and Brefer to the vertical measuring-rod, fixed and rigidly held at rightangles to the measuring-rod A at or near one end thereof, and it isgraduated in like manner as the measuring-rod A.

I securely attach the flexible ruler O O to the measuring-rods A and B Bat a point where the two said rods intersect or cross each other bymeans of headed rivets, screws, or like fastening devices.

D indicates the sliding measuring-rod, secured movably uponthe'measuring-rod A, and it is graduated in inches, half and quarterinches, as are the two horizontal and vertical rods A B B, and theflexible ruler O C is in like manner graduated.

The letter E refers to the curved springband secured to the ruler O O atright angles thereto, a portion thereof projecting on both sides of thesaid ruler O C and longitudinally movable thereon, and the saidspringband E is adapted to hold the horizontal flexible ruler C G inplace around the bust of the person while being measured, preventing therear portion of the said ruler O C from slipping, downward during themeasuring operation, as shown upon Fig. 3 of the drawings. To the upperprojecting end of the said spring-band E, I fasten the graduatedmeasuring-tape K for the purpose of measuring the rear part of theshoulders and back, as will obviously appear upon inspecting Fig. 3 ofthe drawings.

That portion of the measuring-rod B B below the horizontal measuring-rodA and below the measuring-ruler O O, I designate by the reference-letterB, and the opposite end or portion of said vertical measuring-rod Iindicate by the letter B, and the shorter end of the ruler C G, or thatportion of the said ruler projecting from the point of attachment of thesaid ruler to the horizontal and vertical red A B B, I indicate by theletter C, and the other opposite and longer portion of the said ruler OG, I denominate by the reference-letter C.

To the portion B of the vertical measuring-rod B B, I movably secure thesliding graduated measuring-tape G in order to determine the dimensionsof the body of the person upon which it is applied, as illustrated uponFig. 3 of the drawings.

In the angle formed by the juncture of the horizontal measuring-rod Aand the vertical measuring-rod B B, I pivotally secure one end of themeasuring-tape F, designed to give the measurement of that portion ofthe body to which it is applied, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3 of thedrawings. The graduated measuringtape II is adj ustably attached to theshorter arms or portions 0 of the flexible ruler O C and is used todetermine the distance from the center of the bust in front to thecollar-line of the waist or garment to be measured. 7

The shorter arm or portion 0 of the ruler has secured upon its free end,upon one face thereof, a projecting stud 2, adapted to be inserted intoone of the holes 3 upon the opposite end of the flexible ruler O 0,according to the size of the bust of the person measured. To the longerarm or portion 0 of the flexible ruler I secure the horizontal upturnedbracket 4:, made integral with said larger arm or secured thereto in anysuitable manner, as by rivet or solder. Upon and into the said bracketthe shorter arm 0 of the flexible ruler rests when adjusted upon thebust of the person measured, thereby keeping the free ends of the rulerin alinement and parallel with each other.

The downward-projecting portion of the vertical rod (designated by thereference-letter B) located below the horizontal rod A and the flexibleruler O O is made of metal and is attached to the upper portion of saidvertical rod B by means of headed rivets, screws, or like fasteningdevices.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. In a measuring instrument, a horizontal measuring-rod, verticalmeasuring-rods, one extending above and the other below the saidhorizontal rod, a flexible graduated ruler, having a stud in one of itsfree ends, and provided with a bracket, and holes in the opposite freeend thereof, sliding measuringtapes adj ustably secured upon the saidvertical rod, and upon the ruler, and a measuring-tape pivotally fixedat the juncture of the horizontal and vertical rods.

2. The horizontal, vertical and sliding rods, a graduated flexibleruler, provided at or near one of its free ends with a fixed stud andhaving perforations in the opposite freev end thereof, a sliding curvedspring-band movably secured upon the said ruler and having ameasuring-tape secured to the said band.

3. The horizontal and fixed vertical rods, the vertical rod projectingabove and below the horizontal rod, the said vertical rod having asliding measuring-tape thereon, the flexible measuring-ruler having anadjustable measuring-tape secured thereto and the curved adjustablespring-band movably secured to the said ruler and provided with ameasuring-tape fastened thereon.

4E. The horizontal measuring-rod, the vertical measuring-rod, the lowerportion of said vertical rod being flexible, and attached to the upperportion of said vertical rod and to the said horizontal rod, the saidflexible rod provided with an adjustable measuring-tape, and theflexible horizontal ruler having a sliding spring-band secured thereon.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature in presence oftwo witnesses.

BENJAMIN F. WESTCOTT. Witnesses:

V. BOND MAUPIN, JAMES W. BOWERS, Jr.

